This is a word to all women shouting your abortions, fighting for the rights over your reproductive health, yada, yada, yada. I'm happy to announce that all women ( and I mean women, not birthing people) have total control over their bodies and their reproductive choices!
It wasn't bestowed upon you by 9 supreme court judges, mostly of whom are old white men.
It wasn't bestowed upon you by 435 members of congress (Senate and House), most of whom are old white men.
It wasn't bestowed upon you by executive order!
It isn't bestowed upon you by the state you live in!
It was given to you by God. God gave you the ability to make choices about your own body.
What isn't bestowed upon you, by God or anyone else, is power over the life of another. That is not your choice to make, and it never will be.
Your choice is made when you choose to have sex, protected or not, with a man. Surely adulthood hasn't been reached without a basic understanding of how babies are made. Hmmm, maybe not, but that's another post. When you choose sex, you are taking a chance, and another persons life shouldn't have to be sacrificed on the alter of that choice. I can talk. I had an affair with a married man. HUGE MISTAKE! Was on the pill. Got pregnant. I could have ended the pregnancy, pretended it never happened, and kept the whole thing secret from everyone; including my parents. Instead, I carried that baby to term and never regretted it for a minute. She's one of the best things that's happened to me. I love her more than life. She has never been a mistake.
I said "Choose to have sex". I AM NOT talking about women that are raped. I'm not talking about victims of incest. That's a straw man argument pulled out of the air to justify what has now become a women's right to an abortion up until birth? Really!?
In fact if you tally up abortions due to rape/incest, health of the mother, birth defects, social economic issues, and mental health of the mother; they only total 3.5% of all abortions performed in the U.S. That means the other 96.5% of abortions are for convenience!
Regardless of the reasons espoused to defend abortion in general; there should never be any defense for a late term abortion. If a woman is in the last trimester(6-9 months gestation), that "Late term abortion" should be called a "delivery". Everyone should be able to admit at that point it's a baby, and U.S citizen. That baby is entitled to all the rights and privileges of U.S citizenship. I recently heard an interview where the news anchor asked " shouldn't late term abortion be allowed to save the life of the mother?". I'm like "DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF!" If there is ever a time when a doctor could even try to say they're performing an abortion to save the life of the mother, let me ask this question: If the mother is in such dire straights that she has to undergo an abortion in her last trimester; why is she not able to go thru a c section or delivery? What's the difference? Both procedures can be physically taxing, and stressful to the mother. Both could be invasive. Why does an infant have to die at that point? If the baby has already died, we're talking about the delivery of a still born, not an abortion. If, in an emergency, a baby has to be taken early, everything is done to save that baby once it's born. In the case of an abortion, that baby is left to die. Why? What changes? The life of the mother has been saved. Why does the child now have to die? Someone please explain this to me.
Ladies you have full control over your bodies. Your mouth can say "no" just like everyone else. If you like sex, fine. Don't want to use birth control, fine. You get to choose the level of risk you are willing to take. You do you. But if the dice doesn't roll your way, and you end up blessed with a new life to carry; guess what? It's no longer your choice. It isn't your body any longer. You aren't the one that has to do the dying. If you can't afford a baby, don't have time for a baby, need to finish school, etc; don't put yourself at risk. It's really that easy.
For all the feminist out there spouting women's rights; might I remind you that at least 50% of babies aborted are girls. Girls who never even had the basic right to live, much less protest how mean people are to think they should have to be a responsible adult.
Now that was my announcement to those "proud of your abortion", women. I have another announcement for women who believed all the lies and had an abortion thinking that would solve everything only to find out it didn't. To all the women who were told it wasn't a real person, but you now know different. To all the women who once stood with the "proud of your abortion" crowd, but now see things differently. I can't imagine how you feel or what you go thru each day. My heart breaks for you and the child that was taken. My announcement for you, ladies is that I serve a God who heals, forgives, strengthens and restores. His love is without condition, and He will accept you as you are. There is no distance you can go that He isn't right there. There is no sin He won't forgive. You have but to turn and find Him there. He loves you with a never ending love. You don't have to hide your grief behind bravado. Let Him free you.
The battle doesn't end with Row Vs Wade being over turned. Yes, that's a small victory, but it just means the each state gets to decide. There will be states who ban abortion totally, and some who allow it up until birth. Other states will be somewhere in between.
The battle isn't over until the unborn have a voice, have rights.
